1978Final results
1978 election for Alabama Senate District 18
Alabama State Senate · Alabama
Lister Proctor (D) won with 66.8% of the vote, defeating Tom Longshore (R) by 33.5 points.
Lister ProctorDemocrat · winner
66.8%13,565
Tom LongshoreRepublican
33.2%6,755
20,320 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 1978
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET